The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-11
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Faulkin voted IS. 900 bonds for an

Faulkin voted SIS. 900 bonds for an
artesian we'll. 80
The. house OF Thomas Jose was
burned at Highmore. Loss. $1,000;
fully insured. ..- -.
The Clark County Agricultural as
ISOLATION will hold their third annual
tair at Clark this fall.
A farewell party was given to Gov.
Church at Huron. 1t was held in the
largest hall in town, and is said to
have been the most magnificent recep.
ton ever given at that place. T..
Henry Severn, a farmer living south
of jamestown, was struck by lightning
recently and instantly. killed. :
The total valuation of Minnehaha
county is $1,000, 900. That Of the
city OF Sioux Fall is So, 712,Oo
Surveyors are fixing the line for the
Duluth, Watertow n &,P acifc railroad,
and will have it graded to Hurontrom
Watertown this year.
Frank S. Hankey, long identified
with the prosperity of Grand Forks,
died OF apoplexy. Mr.. Hankey was
81 years old. He was for a long time
a resident of St. Paul, and was prom
inent in business circles. ~.s
The owners of the Troy farm at Tap
pan have served an order on County
Treasurer Fridley restraining him
from collecting real tax. This trou-
bic arose because Kidder county re-
fuses to, recognize Tappan as a part
OF Stanton coudty.
At Madison Judge Francis, OF the
district court, ordered several gentle
men out of the court room because
they YER in their shirt sleeves.
Deputy United State Mining Sur
veyor Whites commission at Dead
wood has been revoked. Seveal irreg-
alarities were reported. The direct
cause OF his suspension is his recent
etter to the London Financial News
pronouncing the Horney Peak Tin
company a gigantic fraud.
At DEVILS Lake, a freight train ran
INTO a construction train telescoping
the sleeper and caboose, killing Henry.
Finke of Minneapolis, fatally iniuring
Peter Carlson, and ~injuring several
others: - y ~ :, -:: , =:
At Deadwood Oak, the Father De-
Smet mill was adroitly robbed of am
algam valued at So, 700. During the
night a hole was cut, from the outside
through the building and the chest,
and the amalgam taken.
A dispatch reports the killing of An
ton Lonsted, a farm hand at Har-
wood, by lightning, and of Henry ahr,
also by lightning, at Davenport, while
MS employer, John Homer. was
stunned and had a horse killed. Hail
lid considerable damage to the fields
If Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Bishop, Robert
Lester and E. Y. Mcknight at Maple
ton and William Eggert, J.T. Erdman
and many others near Davenport
and Leonard. :
At Howard, during heavy thunder
storm LIGHTNING struck the barn Of
County Attorney .Gengle entirely con-
summing it and contents. The loss is
about SO, 600. . .
A dispatch from Blunt, of the Sd,
says the heaviest wind, rain, hail and
thunder storm OF the year visited
that section lasting two hours. H al
could have been shoveled from the
ground in places by the scoop full.
Great damage has been done to many
buildings through broken glass, while
much stock was killed by the light
ming.
The U. S. secretary of State receiv ed
from the consul at Christiana a dis
patch announcing the death of Knud
Helgesen ROAM, whose residence. was
Portland, Dakota. He died in Nor:
way: "t
The third annual territorial fair un-
der the auspices of the Dakota board
of agriculture will be held at Mitchell
September. 26 to 80 inclusive. The
outlook is encouraging for an excel
lent display at that time. Five hum
dred stalls are finished to acco mmo
date the stock. The grounds and
buildings will be considerably enlarged.
Free power will be furnighel for the
machinery display. Bicycle contests,
horse races and balloon. ascensions
will make. an interesting programme
for each day. Passenger rates on the
railroads vii be one fare for theround
trip. A handsome premium list has
been issued. In it some $1s, 900 is Of
fered in premiums, besides gold, silver
and bronze medals. pr ''',: ~ '%:
Dakota druggists held an annual
meeting at Fargo. The following off.
GERS were elected: President, A. B.
Bennett, Devils Lake; first vice presi.
dent, d. M. Holmes of Grand Forks;
second vice president, Fred Vogell, La
-Moure; treasurer, E. c.: Maxey, Fargo;
secretary, II. G. Hassawan, Grafton.
August shultz was killed near
Watertown while attempting to
drive a Mr.. King from claim.
Schultz made: an -ante-mortem state.
ment in which he said he burned Kings
house and. meant to. and kill him, as
King had got his claim. shultz lived in
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